Avocado burrito at Lolita's Taco

Sunday marks 20 years since Juan Murillo opened Lolita's Tacos at 4222 Poplar Level Road. And not much has changed there since 1993.

The menu is "a lot of the same thing," as when he opened, says Murillo. "Really, I don't have much stuff. I'm not a franchise. Taco Bell is always talking about new ideas to get people back in there, but people like what I have ? they're pretty happy with the menu."

Murillo follows a straightforward approach to his menu. He cooks in small batches on a "regular kitchen stove" with ingredients he buys fresh nearly every day. And "I won't sell anything I don't eat myself," he says. "For instance a lot of people ask me to bring out fish tacos, but I've tried them and I don't like them. So I won't put it out."

Two products have proved to be the most popular over the years - the grande, a burrito with ground beef lettuce, tomato, sour cream and cheese; and the avocado burrito. As for his favorite? "I gotta have meat in my burrito," says Murillo. "Actually what I do is get an avocado burrito but put pork in it. I've got a few customers hooked on that." He'll make whatever his customers can dream up.

"I have weird requests, like putting french fries in a burrito. I can do anything."

The week of the anniversary, "I'm knocking a dollar off any burrito," says Murillo.

What's next for the little taco shop? "Taco Bell has no competitors," Murillo says. "My goal now is to open a franchise."